Tag: Reading notes

• Reading in February

  Time to catch up on recent reads that I can recommend. My first book of February is a brand-new offering from a recent favorite writer of mine, Ben H. Winters. I really admire his niche of combining noir detective stories with speculative scenarios. I’ve read his trilogy set just before a meteor is about to […]

  Shannon Turlington

  March 8, 2019

  Reading

  Ben H Winters, Februrary 2019, Golden State, Hye-Young Pyun, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh, Reading notes, Recommended Reading, Short books, The Hole

• Recent Reading

  I have three short books by women with enticing covers to share with you today. My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite: This was a quick read with short chapters, set in Lagos by a Nigerian author, with underlying themes of loyalty to family, abuse, and the shallowness of men who “only want a […]

  Shannon Turlington

  January 19, 2019

  Reading

  Alyson Hagy, Book covers, Essays, Heather Havrilesky, My Sister the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Reading notes, Scribe, What if This Were Enough?

• Notes on The Creative Habit

  The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp is the first of several books I’m planning to read on the creative process. Tharp’s book is a great place to start, as it contains many nuggets of useful information on fashioning a creative life that can be put into practice immediately. Although Tharp’s art is dance, her advice is […]

  Shannon Turlington

  August 24, 2015

  Notebook

  Accidents, Art, Creativity, Failure, Grooves, Habits, Memory, Metaphor, Projects, Reading notes, Rituals, Ruts, Scratching, Skills, Spine, Twyla Tharp, Writing